The holidays are coming up soon so it’s time to start thinking about what you’d like to give to your friends and family and receive for yourself this year! We’ve put together a great list of things you might enjoy including fun techie toys, design books, helpful apps and other things that you might find helpful or interesting and want to add to your list. We’ve geared our list towards you, our readers and hope you find our list helpful in your search for the perfect gift for your loved ones!
Happy holiday shopping!
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Animals are pretty prevalent in logo designs, and I’ve seen so many great ones lately so I wanted to showcase animals in logos today. Using an animal in a logo doesn’t automatically make your logo child-like or silly. Depending on how it’s applied, it can give a very different style. It can be professional, funny, clever, hopeful, friendly, corporate or family-oriented. If you’re planning on using an animal in your logo, think of the characteristics that you want your logo to portray, find an animal that gives you those qualities and then choose a style to use that also demonstrates the same meaning. See some great examples below.
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We launched a great new site a few weeks ago for Delia’s Catering, a company in Virginia that provides event planning and food services for all sorts of events including weddings, corporate parties, and other social events. We wanted their site to explode with flavor and energy so pictures are an integral part of the design, using their great photography that captures their yummy food and great events.
Check out their new site at deliascatering.com and keep reading to see more about what we did with their new design.
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Google+, Google’s social media platform, is now allowing businesses to create a page (add us to your circle), which is great news! This allows businesses to have a presence on this new(ish) social media space. Additional exposure is always a great thing.
You do need to create a Google+ profile for yourself first, and then you can create a page for your company. It’s a quick and simple process to get it setup, but there are still tons of things you can do with it. Be sure to check out our tips below and make your Google+ page today!
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We’ve recently launched a new site for Marathon Fundraisers – a new company in Grand Forks, North Dakota that helps businesses and organizations fundraise easily and successfully through golf marathons. They also plan to expand into other sports in the future as well.
They needed a professional and sleek website that helps investors and potential clients see what they’re all about, and easily sign up for their services online. Check out their new site at marathonfundraisers.org.
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It’s that time of year again – time to order your holiday cards with Snoack Studios! We would love to create cards for your family or your business that are funny, clever, professional, cute, beautiful or serious. Everyone’s style is different and we’ll help you come up with an original design that fits in with your needs and what you want to say. Our holiday cards can be any style, but our focus is always on a quality design which will be geared toward your audience, something that will catch their eye! We can assist with the printing as well, getting you all set and ready to go. We’ll help make your holiday cards fun again!
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The design is complete, your text and pictures are in, what else is left? You must be ready to launch your site!
There may actually be a few things you’ve missed, and a hasty launch before everything is complete isn’t usually a good idea. Make sure you’ve completed all the necessary steps before the launch to save yourself some headaches later on. See our checklist below that covers things to complete, check, and test before you launch, plus some possible items to think about including before it’s out there for the whole world to see.
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We’ve launched a great new website for Pioneer 90.1 Radio, the college radio station for Northland Community & Technical College that has campuses in East Grand Forks, MN and Thief River Falls, MN.
The radio station plays many types of music during all of their different programming, but is mostly an adult alternative station, with music from artists like Jack Johnson & Adele. They wanted the design to reflect this type of music but also be a bit edgy and modern to show that they are a college radio station.
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Blog Action Day is an annual event that allows bloggers of the world to come together and focus the conversation on one important topic. This year’s topic is food, so we could hardly turn down the opportunity to participate! This year also marks our 4th year that we’ve joined the conversation. Please check out the BAD website to see more information about this great event. Today, we salute local restaurants, farmers, foodie bloggers, and anyone working hard to bring great food to the table. We’ve gathered together a collection of tasty websites that showcase great design and good food. Enjoy!
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Texture is a great way to add some visual interest to a design and give it that extra spark. Depending on the choice of texture, it can also add some character to the design as well, so it’s important to choose appropriate textures that match the style of the company.
We love using texture at Snoack Studios and wanted to highlight some really great uses of texture in web design today. We picked out 8 sites that have different types of textures and also different levels of intensity too. They all do a great job of utilizing these textures to enhance the site and create a great look.
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